Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Police
are hunting a street thug, who punched a young woman from behind as
she waited at a pedestrian crossing early in the morning.

Detectives
in Lambeth have released this CCTV image of a man they would like to
speak to after the 25 year-old woman was punched in the head in an
unprovoked attack.

The
victim was waiting at a pedestrian crossing in Clapham High Street at
7.27am on Wednesday, September 14, last year.

The
suspect then ran off towards Gauden Road.

Following
the attack the victim flagged down police officers who carried out a
search of the area.

They
were unable to find the suspect.

The
woman received minor injuries from the assault.

The
suspect is described as a black man, aged between 30 and 40 years-old
6 foot-tall, with short black hair.

He
was clean shaven or had short stubble and was wearing dark trousers
and a green jacket.

No
arrests have been made and enquires continue.

Detective
Constable Dan Nash, from Lambeth CID, said: "The
victim was simply going about her business when out of the blue a man
approached her from behind and punched her in the side of her head
before running off.

"This
was an unprovoked attack which has left the victim very distressed.

“CCTV
footage shows the man loitering at the location for a few minutes
before the attack.

"Clapham
High Street was very busy at the time of the incident. Someone must
have seen something, so I am appealing for any witnesses or anyone
who recognises the man to come forward."

Anyone
with information can call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously
on 0800 555 111.

Sunday, 28 May 2017

A plane passenger, who was
disorderly on a flight from Russia to Heathrow, has been fined
£1,000.Liubov Mead, 55, of Gardiner
Avenue, Fernwood, Newark, Nottinghamshire boarded a BA flight from
St. Petersburg.He made the cabin crews life a
misery during the flight and was arrested when the plane landed.Mead pleaded guilty at Uxbridge
Magistrates Court to behaving in a threatening, abusive, insulting or
disorderly manner towards the aircraft crew during the February 25
flight, contrary to the Air Navigation Order.A second charge of refusing the
commands of the flight crew to return to his seat was dropped.Mead was also ordered to pay £300
costs and a £100 victim surcharge.

Saturday, 27 May 2017

The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at London’s prestigious Imperial College has been banned from the roads after he was caught drink-driving when involved in an accident.

Professor Gavin Robert Screaton, 54, who lives in the £1.6m seven-bedroom Fringford Lodge in Bicester, Oxfordshire was disqualified from driving for 14 months and fined £3,829.

He pleaded guilty at Hammersmith Magistrates Court to driving a Peugeot 308 in Old Oak Road, Acton on May 10 with excess alcohol on his breath, namely 59 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

The Cambridge graduate, who went on to study at Oxford for whom he rowed in the 1986 University Boat Race was appointed Chair of Medicine at Imperial College in 2004.

Professor Screaton is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Royal College of Physicians and Immunology and Molecular Biology.

The award-winning academic has multiple published studies and has also taught immunology, pathology and molecular biology to medical and biochemistry students at University College.

Thursday, 25 May 2017

The prosecution of a blogger accused of stalking social commentator Sonia Poulton, plus a second woman who says she was sexually abused by establishment figures as a child, has been dropped.

Darren Laverty, 49, of Maes Hyfryd, Beaumaris, Anglesey, who was said to have tweeted to Ms Poulton or about her over 300 times was due to stand trial in September.

However, at Kingston-upon-Thames Court last week the Crown Prosecution Service announced there was no realistic chance of securing a conviction.

The second woman is 34 year-old Esther Baker, who in 2015 waived her right to anonymity to claim she was abused by a former MP as well as a judge and a peer.

She said abuse occurred at an apartment in Dolphin Square, Westminster and Staffordshire woods when she was aged between six and eleven years-old.

Father-of-three Laverty blogs about Wrexham’s Bryn Estyn children’s home, which is at the centre of an abuse enquiry.

He has always fought the charges and now not guilty verdicts have been entered in relation to both women.

He had been charged with one count of stalking, involving serious harm or distress, between January 30, 2015 and May 12, last year, causing Sonia Poulton serious alarm or distress, which had an adverse effect on her day-to-day activities.

The 52 year-old writer and broadcaster is a regular guest on ITV’s ‘This Morning’, often commenting on issues involving children.

She has written many articles, most notably for the Daily Mail and Daily Express.

Prosecutor Miss Amanda McCabe told Wimbledon Magistrates Court during Laverty’s first appearance: “The complainant is a journalist and after the Jimmy Savile enquiry she began reporting on it and receiving abuse from people, and the police say one of them is the defendant.

“She feels this is a sustained campaign against her and she’s harassed by the defendant. Most of this has taken part via twitter.

“The defendant tweeted either about or to the complainant on approximately three-hundred occasions, causing her to suffer alarm and distress.

“If convicted the defendant is likely to receive a custodial sentence.”

Laverty was separately charged with stalking Ms Baker, involving serious harm or distress, on April 14, last year by speaking about her on social media.

After the case was dropped Ms Poulton said: “It’s a very serious error and unfortunately for those responsible I have it in black and white.

“The CPS are blaming the Met Police and vice versa. I have filed a complaint and taken legal advice.

“For four years I have been stalked. I have been threatened with murder, accused of being a paedophile, my employers have been contacted and told I was responsible for the murder of child abuse survivors.

Screenshots of my home were put on social media as the gang encouraged people to come and finish me off.

“I have a panic alarm in my home and a personal alarm. Four hundred pages of evidence resulted in the CPS charging a man last year.

“Today it is all over twitter that the charges have been dropped and yet the CPS have not informed me of this.

“The Metropolitan Police made it clear to me that something had taken place behind the scenes.

“Another woman, also the victim of this man, has also been let down. We are dealing with connected people with serious sex attacks in their history and influential links.

“I, and this woman have been thrown to the wolves. More information will be revealed.”

Ms Baker said: “Unfortunately I’m still waiting for the CPS to have the basic courtesy to let me know instead of me finding things out on twitter. I am, however planning to appeal their decision.

“I can’t see any reason why he should get away with what he and his friends have been doing for so long.”

Tuesday, 23 May 2017

A chartered engineer told Asian Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport: “Your kind are going to let terrorists into the country,” when held-up during a routine passport check.

Timothy Alban Wynne-Jones, 54, was told his passport would have to pass a forgery check and replied: “So, you’re not going to let me into the country. You’re going to let these terrorists into the country.”

Wynne-Jones, of Beechcroft Avenue, Rickmansworth was convicted of two counts of racially aggravated harassment towards officers Afsheen Raja, 36 and Naheed Yacub, 34 on January 22, last year.

He was bailed until June 15 for sentencing and will be allowed to continue travelling abroad extensively for work.

Isleworth Crown Court heard Wynne-Jones presented his British passport at Terminal Four after a trip to Bulgaria.

The microchip could not be opened and when he heard a supervisor named Harpreet was needed Wynne-Jones responded: “Another Indian? There are far too many Indians protecting the border.”

Prosecutor Mr. Alec Williams told the court: “Rather than wait Mr. Wynne-Jones’ response is to get annoyed and become racially abusive.”

The jury heard that as a bearded Asian male passed through passport control Wynne-Jones added: “Ah look. You’re letting a terrorist through. I’m the only British person here, you’re all terrorists.”

Mr. Williams said Wynne-Jones continued: “Look. A terrorist protecting the border. Brown people should not be protecting the border, you’re all terrorists.”

“He also tried to push through the gate before clearing passport control.”

Naheed Yacub & Afsheen Raja

When questioned by police Wynne-Jones conceded he may have been abrupt, but denied using the racist words.

Monday, 22 May 2017

A Glasgow property entrepreneur
has been prosecuted for sending an offensive message from her mobile
phone.Andreia Hozhan, 26, who describes
herself as a Portuguese-Chinese world citizen was reported by the
recipiant to police in west London.The University of Glasgow
graduate, of Merton Drive, Cardonald was conditionally discharged for
twelve months by Uxbridge Magistrates Court.She was charged with communicating
an offensive message on December 13, last year to Samuel Henry in
Hillingdon for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety.Hozhan was also ordered to pay
£650 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.No order for compensation to Mr.
Henry was made because the court found the case was a civil dispute.

Friday, 19 May 2017

A chartered engineer told Asian Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport: “Your kind are going to let terrorists into the country,” when held-up during a routine passport check, a court heard.

Timothy Alban Wynne-Jones, 54, was told his passport would have to pass a forgery check and allegedly replied: “So, you’re not going to let me into the country. You’re going to let these terrorists into the country.”

Wynne-Jones, of Beechcroft Avenue, Rickmansworth has pleaded not guilty to two counts of racially aggravated harassment towards officers Afsheen Raja and Naheed Yaqub on January 22, last year.

Isleworth Crown Court heard Wynne-Jones presented his British passport at Terminal Four after a trip to Bulgaria.

The microchip could not be opened and when he heard a supervisor named Harpreet was needed Wynne-Jones allegedly responded: “Another Indian? There are far too many Indians protecting the border.”

Prosecutor Mr. Alec Williams told the court: “Rather than wait Mr. Wynne-Jones’ response is to get annoyed and become racially abusive.”

The jury heard that as a bearded Asian male passed through passport control Wynne-Jones added: “Ah look. You’re letting a terrorist through. I’m the only British person here, you’re all terrorists.”

Mr. Williams said Wynne-Jones continued: “Look. A terrorist protecting the border. Brown people should not be protecting the border, you’re all terrorists.”

“He also tried to push through the gate before clearing passport control.”

When questioned by police Wynne-Jones conceded he may have been abrupt, but denied using the racist words.

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

A young Milton Keynes Dons fan,
arrested after his team's 2-0 defeat to rivals AFC Wimbledon, has
been cleared of threatening behaviour despite telling a policeman to:
“F*** off.”Alex Makel, 20, of Roeburn
Crescent, Emerson Valley says the police line were forcing him onto
the wrong coach, which was already overcrowded with supporters.Wimbledon magistrates found him
not guilty of using threatening behaviour in a Homebase car park
outside AFC Wimbledon's Kingsmeadow stadium, New Malden on March
14.Police said Makel was part of an
aggressive group of away supporters shouting abuse and trying to get
at AFC Wimbledon fans, resulting in him being forced to the ground
and handcuffed.“I showed no intention that day
to show harm to anyone,” he told the trial. “They were ushering
us toward a coach that was full so we held our ground.”PC Stuart Everton earlier told the
court there was a tense atmosphere outside the ground and Makel was
“very aggressive” and had to be pushed back as he tried to break
the police line.“He then became more aggressive,
his fists were clenched, his eyes were fixed on me and he was
repeatedly shouting: 'F*** off.'“His eyes were bulging and he
and he seemed shocked and surprised that I had pushed him in the
chest.”Makel said: “I'd say it as more
a push to the throat and I did tell the officer to: 'F*** off.'“A number of AFC Wimbledon fans
came into the car park where their cars were parked and began
shouting abuse at the Milton Keynes Dons fans.“The officer grabbed me and
pushed me back towards the coach.”Makel told the court he goes to
all home and away matches with a group of ten friends and has never
been in trouble before.The magistrates found the
prosecution failed to prove he intended to use threatening behaviour.

Tuesday, 16 May 2017

A teenager has been nicked and
prosecuted after police decided her gun-shaped mobile phone case was
an imitation firearm.Jobless Alice-May Fletcher, 19, of
Monks Park, Wembley, north-west London was hauled before Hendon
Magistrates Court.She pleaded guilty to possessing
an imitation firearm in a public place, namely Roxeth Hill, Harrow on
January 10.Fletcher was fined £10 and
ordered to pay an £85 victim surcharge, which will be deducted from
benefits.She must also comply with a
probation service rehabilitation activity requirement up to a maximum
of twenty days.

Monday, 15 May 2017

A Heathrow Airport employee has
started a twelve-month prison sentence for stealing thousands of
pounds worth of designer handbags.Matthew Coker, 46, of Priory
Close, Bel Air Chalet Estate, Seawick, Essex fought the case, but was
convicted.He targeted high-value handbags manufactured by leading brand Burberry.He was found guilty by an
Isleworth Crown Court jury.They found he swiped the highly-prized handbags twice over a two-day period two years ago.Coker was originally charged with
two counts of theft by employee, namely Burberry handbags valued at
£6,350 and £3,350 on February 4 and 6, 2015.